Mobile Magazine » Microsoft Windowshttp://www.mobilemag.com Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect.Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:04:17 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3ASUS Eee Slate EP121: Where And How To Use It?http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/01/13/asus-eee-slate-ep121-where-and-how-to-use-it/ http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/01/13/asus-eee-slate-ep121-where-and-how-to-use-it/#commentsFri, 13 Jan 2012 18:18:37 +0000http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=127446Running Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit with 2 GB of RAM, it's every bit a Windows machine that you are quite familiar with. Here's some of the many cases where the advantages of such a slate can be put to good use.

The ASUS Eee Slate EP121 is not your usual tablet with all those low-powered and low-performance ARM chips inside. Eee Slate has a mighty Intel i5 CPU inside, plus an Intel HD graphics chip to drive a beautiful and roomy 12.1″ screen that is not only capacitive, but also has a pressure-sensitive Wacom layer that takes precise input from a Wacom digitizer pen. Running Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit with 2 GB of RAM, it’s every bit a Windows machine than that one sitting on your desk. Check below for overdone marketing videos by Asus on their newly unveiled Windows tablet.

Artists can really gain in their creativity and productivity when using Eee Slate. What’s not to love in full Photoshop?

3. Make your business more mobile with the ASUS Eee Slate

Being mobile when running a restaurant is important. This particular restaurant also boasts a mobile kitchen on top of that, so being mobile with Eee Slate is twice important. Just don’t spill your sauces on the Slate grill.

4. My powerful work and play companion

One thing is looking for a perfect pair of shoes at the local flea market, another thing is using a tablet PC in serious business environment. ASUS Eee Pad EP121 can do both.

]]>http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/01/13/asus-eee-slate-ep121-where-and-how-to-use-it/feed/1Windows 8 Gets Public Beta And App Store in February 2012http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/12/08/windows-8-gets-public-beta-and-app-store-in-february-2012/ http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/12/08/windows-8-gets-public-beta-and-app-store-in-february-2012/#commentsFri, 09 Dec 2011 02:40:08 +0000http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=124809Microsoft has recently announced the availability of the first public beta (apart from this summer's Preview) for their flagship OS, the Windows 8.

Microsoft has recently announced the availability of the first public beta (apart from this summer’s Preview) for their flagship OS, the Windows 8.

Among new features and better stability than what the Windows 8 Preview version shows, this public beta brings in a first glimpse on the Windows 8 App Store. According to the Windows Store blog, the store is meant to offer Metro-style apps, and conversely desktop legacy apps that weren’t designed for Metro UI can’t get into that store, which IMHO, should bear the title Windows 8 App store — instead of plain “Windows App store”.

Microsoft’s pricing formula for apps in this store covers price tags between $1.49 and $999, with Microsoft’s cut set at 30 % of sales before a developer earns first $25,000 and 20% if revenue goes up from that point of $25,000. Registering as a Windows 8 app vendor costs $49 for an individual and $99 for a company.

The Windows Store Preview event held in San Francisco on December 6, 2011, has also opened the First App Contest for the developers. The contest is about building app with the best Metro UI and Windows 8 experience, and it ends on January 8, 2012. Working hard through all pre- and post-Christmas days can bring the lucky winners these goodies:

One year of Windows Azure, so you can build apps that feel connected and alive

A two-year subscription to the Store, so you can continue to update and improve your app

For curious folks out there, a Samsung Windows Developer Preview PC referenced here is apparently a Samsung Slate PC that costs around $1200 – $1400 at eBay just for the slate alone. The one you can win through this competition, also comes with a dock and keyboard, too. Sure, one may want to attend the BUILD conference next time, to grab such a unit, but there’s a nobler way to get a very nice and powerful, Transformer-style computer: develop a winner Metro UI-compatible Windows 8 app.